"Mandatory" vaccination for children in the USA usually aren't: all states allow exemption for true medical reason, and [edit: --some--] almost all allow exempt

"Mandatory" vaccination for children in the USA usually aren't: all states allow exemption for true medical reason, and [edit: --some--] almost all allow exemption on religious grounds. Sixteen allow exemption for parental objection. > We have mandatory vaccinations for MMR and for dTAP. Have you ever heard of anyone catching diphtheria? Not specifically, but DTaP vaccinates against pertussis which has seen epidemic-level outbreaks in the past decade in multiple states. I'd expect any SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations to be targeted at adults for the foreseeable future, but who knows.